http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. In early April, senior leaders from medical, law enforcement, military, and fire/rescue agencies met in Hartford, Connecticut, to discuss one question: how can first responders improve survival after a mass casualty event? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-hartford-consensus-aims-survival-mass.html Other Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:35:44 EST news290871337 (Medical Xpress)—Medical research has already documented a link between cardiovascular disease and periodontal disease, or serious gum infection. Now researchers say preliminary studies suggest a connection between gum infections and kidney disease as well. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-link-oral-health-kidney-function.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 05 Jun 2013 08:40:01 EST news289636442 Women are less likely than men to receive care in a trauma center after severe injury, according to a new study of almost 100,000 Canadian patients. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-women-severe-injuries-men-trauma.html Health Mon, 20 May 2013 11:34:56 EST news288268484 Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have for the first time determined how often emergency medical helicopters need to help save the lives of seriously injured people to be considered cost-effective compared with ground ambulances. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-cost-effectiveness-helicopter-trauma-victims.html Health Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:44:31 EST news286126942 Neurosurgeons from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Medical Center recount their experiences in treating patients with head and spine injuries during the epic April 2011 tornado disaster. The authors focus on injuries sustained on April 27th of that year. Details on these cases and a discussion on the necessity of disaster preparedness are found in "Neurosurgical injuries resulting from the 2011 tornados in Alabama: the experience at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Medical Center. Clinical article," by Joseph H. Miller, M.D., and colleagues, published today online, ahead of print, in the Journal of Neurosurgery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-neurosurgical-injuries-sustained-april-tornado.html Surgery Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:37:55 EST news285932266 Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that the use of Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) filters for the prevention and treatment of venous thrombotic events (VTE) may result in poor outcomes due to mechanical filter complications—largely due to low filter retrieval rates and inconsistent use of anticoagulants—and high rates of venous thromboembolism. The study, which was conducted at New England's largest trauma center, Boston Medical Center (BMC), currently appears on-line in JAMA Internal Medicine and is believed to be one of the first to retrospectively review retrieval options of IVC filters. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-ivc-filters.html Cardiology Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:00:06 EST news282828673 Lower-income patients want to communicate electronically with their doctors, but the revolution in health care technology often is not accessible to them, due to inadequate health information services within the health care clinics they frequent, according to a survey by UC San Francisco researchers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-electronic-health-unavilable-income-patients.html Health Tue, 26 Feb 2013 09:42:54 EST news281094166 Parents are more accepting of their teenage daughters using birth control pills than any other form of contraception, including condoms, according to a recent study from UC San Francisco (UCSF). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-parents-teen-girls-birth-pills.html Health Tue, 12 Feb 2013 07:56:40 EST news279878184 (Medical Xpress)—Even the best medicines in the world can be rendered ineffective if they are not taken as prescribed. The problem known as medication "non-adherence" is a major health issue in the United States, contributing to worse outcomes for people who have diabetes and other chronic diseases. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-key-medication-adherence.html Health Wed, 02 Jan 2013 13:24:26 EST news276355418 Hospital MRIs may be better at predicting long-term outcomes for people with mild traumatic brain injuries than CT scans, the standard technique for evaluating such injuries in the emergency room, according to a clinical trial led by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and the San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center (SFGH). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-mris-reveal-brain-injuries-ct.html Neuroscience Tue, 18 Dec 2012 15:19:37 EST news275066346 (Medical Xpress)—Following the tragic shooting at an elementary school in Connecticut, UCSF child-trauma expert Patricia Van Horn, JD, PhD, says parents should be honest with their children about what happened. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-ucsf-child-trauma-expert-advice-kids.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 17 Dec 2012 07:04:09 EST news274950240 Americans are reporting they plan to spend an average of $854 this year on holiday gifts, but that is pennies compared with the cost of an unplanned trip to the Emergency Department. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-days-trauma-bank-chief.html Health Fri, 14 Dec 2012 08:48:06 EST news274697280 All-terrain vehicle (ATV) manufacturer warning labels aimed at children under age 16 are largely ineffective, and formal dealer-sponsored training is infrequently offered and deemed unnecessary by most young ATV users, according to new research presented at the Oct. 22 at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) National Conference and Exhibition in New Orleans. The study of ATV crashes involving children also found less than 35 percent of children were wearing a helmet when injured in an ATV crash, and nearly 60 percent were riding again within six months. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-injuries-deter-atv-children-age.html Pediatrics Mon, 22 Oct 2012 03:17:05 EST news270094614 An abstract presented Friday, Oct. 19, at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) National Conference and Exhibition in New Orleans highlights the risky behavior of child pedestrians who are struck by cars – including darting into the street, crossing in the middle of the block, and crossing while using an electronic device. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-outlines-common-risky-behaviors-children.html Health Fri, 19 Oct 2012 00:00:03 EST news269791546 A patient in rural Uganda is diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB), but never begins treatment. In Hanoi, Vietnam, someone with infectious TB might never be diagnosed because the health center where she would go to be tested is too far away. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-tracking-tuberculosis-countries.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 03 Oct 2012 08:38:59 EST news268472326 UCSF researchers found that poor HIV-infected individuals living in San Francisco are significantly more likely to visit emergency rooms and to have hospital stays if they lack access to food of sufficient quality and quantity for a healthy life. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-lack-food-hospital-hiv-infected-urban.html Health Wed, 22 Aug 2012 11:30:02 EST news264852661 Is it possible for a health care system to redesign its services to better educate patients to deal with their immediate health issues and also become more savvy consumers of medicine in the long run? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-dont-widespread-gaps-health-literacy.html Health Fri, 03 Aug 2012 15:01:12 EST news263224853 Population-wide levels of HIV virus dropped substantially between 2011 and May 2012 in a rural part of southwestern Uganda, the site of two community health campaigns led by doctors at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center (SFGH) and Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-year-hiv-virus-rural-ugandan.html HIV & AIDS Tue, 24 Jul 2012 10:39:24 EST news262345151 In January, 2012, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued new guidelines on dosing of an HIV medication used to treat people infected with both HIV and tuberculosis (TB) because of a potential interaction between two of the main drugs used to treat each disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-ucsfsfgh-fda-hiv-tb-drug.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 23 Jul 2012 17:09:20 EST news262282154 A clinical study in a remote region of southwest Uganda has demonstrated the feasibility of using a health campaign to rapidly test a community for HIV and simultaneously offer prevention and diagnosis for a variety of other diseases in rural and resource-poor settings of sub-Saharan Africa. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-results-health-campaign-uganda-hiv.html HIV & AIDS Mon, 23 Jul 2012 12:00:01 EST news262262470 People who are seriously injured in a car accident are more than 30 per cent more likely to survive at least 48 hours if they are taken directly to a trauma centre than those who are taken first to a non-trauma centre, new research has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-car-victims-survive-trauma-centre.html Surgery Fri, 08 Jun 2012 10:11:05 EST news258369051 What is the connection, if any, between sudden cardiac death and people with HIV/AIDS? And can that knowledge help prolong their lives? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-people-hivaids-prone-sudden-cardiac.html Cardiology Mon, 14 May 2012 17:00:03 EST news256233479 Curbing unnecessary use of antibiotics is our best defense against the spread of drug-resistant infections. A new study suggests another benefit to antimicrobial stewardship: a potential cost savings of millions of dollars now wasted on therapies that don't help patients. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-antibiotic-millions.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 15 Mar 2012 05:14:09 EST news251007206 (HealthDay) -- Double gloving during surgery reduces the risk for transmission of bloodborne pathogens to medical personnel as well as minimizing the transfer of health care-associated infections to patients, according to a study published in the March issue of the AORN Journal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-gloving-exposure-pathogens.html Surgery Wed, 07 Mar 2012 14:00:01 EST news250350324 When a person is experiencing a prolonged convulsive seizure, quick medical intervention is critical. With every passing minute, the seizure becomes harder to stop, and can place the patient at risk of brain damage and death. This is why paramedics are trained to administer anticonvulsive medications as soon as possible -- traditionally giving them intravenously before arriving at the hospital. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-emergency-treatment-prolonged-seizures.html Medical research Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:00:18 EST news248543575 In new research, 30 percent of children hospitalized following a sledding injury suffered significant head injuries, and 10 percent of these children had a permanent disability. The research, presented Saturday, Oct. 15, at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) National Conference and Exhibition (NCE) in Boston, supports the need for helmet use and other safety precautions to prevent traumatic sledding injuries. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-sledding-injuries-significant-hospitalizations-winter.html Health Sat, 15 Oct 2011 06:14:24 EST news237878056 Doctors may be sending too many patients by helicopter, an expensive choice that may not impact patient outcome http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-interfacility-helicopter-ambulance-neurosurgical-patients.html Other Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:25:41 EST news237659135 New research based on post-hospital arrival data from U.S. trauma centers finds that even after adjusting for differences in injury severity, gun use, and other likely causes of race difference in death from assault, African-Americans have a significantly higher overall post-scene of injury mortality rate than whites. The study was conducted by Anthony R. Harris, emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and colleagues and published in August by the Journal of Trauma, Injury, Infection and Critical Care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-disparity-post-hospital-homicide-deaths-trauma.html Health Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:52:52 EST news237138765 Closures of hospital trauma centers are disproportionately affecting poor, uninsured and African American populations, and nearly a fourth of Americans are now forced to travel farther than they once did. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-longer-er-minorities-poor.html Health Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:34:30 EST news237051263 Scientists working in part at the National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS) have learned new information about how the knee joints of children are damaged as the result of a compression injury, which could happen during sports or play. Their work could help researchers understand how this type of joint injury can progress to secondary osteoarthritis, a condition that occurs due to cartilage loss and causes pain and stiffness. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-uncover-joint-injuries-children.html Medical research Thu, 09 Jun 2011 14:29:14 EST news226848537